William Bishop may refer to:

Politicians

William Bishop (politician) William Bishop (1817 – May 2, 1879) was an American businessman, military officer and politician in the 19th century. He served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 1865 to 1869. Biography William H. Bishop was born in Martinsburg, Virgi ...

(1817–1879), Missouri State Treasurer 1865–1869 * William D. Bishop (1827–1904), U.S. Representative from Connecticut * William S. Bishop (1804–1863), New York politician

Sports

Bill Bishop (American football) William Eugene Bishop (May 8, 1931 – May 14, 1998) was an American football defensive lineman who played 10 seasons in the National Football League. A former United States Air Force member, he played college football at North Texas State from 1 ...

(1931–1998), NFL player *

Bill Bishop (1880s pitcher) William Robinson Bishop (December 27, 1864 or 1869 – December 15, 1932) was a professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of three seasons (1886–1887, 1889) with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and Chicago White Stockings. For his car ...

(1869–1932), baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and Chicago White Stockings *

Bill Bishop (1920s pitcher) William Henry Bishop (October 22, 1900 – February 14, 1956) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from ...

(1900–1956), pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics

Others

Bill Bishop (author) Bill Bishop is an American author, journalist and social commentator. He co-wrote a book with retired college professor Robert Cushing entitled ''The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart''. His ideas have influen ...

(born 1953), American author, journalist and social commentator *

Bill Bishop (businessman) William Bishop (September 29, 1958 – April 21, 2018) was an American businessman, real estate developer, and urban designer. In 2018, Bishop was found unresponsive at his Hope Valley Country Club home in Durham, North Carolina. His death is cur ...

(1958–2018), American real estate developer and murder victim *

Billy Bishop Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial com ...

(1894–1956), Canadian First World War pilot *

Bradford Bishop William Bradford Bishop Jr. (born August 1, 1936) is a former United States Foreign Service officer who has been a fugitive from justice since allegedly killing his wife, mother, and three sons in 1976. On April 10, 2014, the Federal Bureau of In ...

(William Bradford Bishop; born 1936), United States Foreign Service officer and fugitive from justice * William Bishop (actor) (1918–1959), American actor * William Bishop (bishop) (c. 1553–1624), English priest *

William Warner Bishop William Warner Bishop (July 20, 1871 – February 19, 1955) was an American librarian who is credited and remembered for his work organizing and cataloging the Vatican Archives, his time served working with the American Library Association, as we ...

(1871–1955), librarian * William Henry Bishop (1847–1928), American novelist *

William John Bishop William John Bishop FLA (190327 July 1961) was a British librarian, the first editor of the journal ''Medical History'', and a prolific writer. With his friend Frederick Noël Lawrence Poynter, he wrote about John Symcotts, a medical attendant ...

(1903–1961), British librarian, editor and writer *Col. William Bishop, a video game character in '' Ace Combat: Assault Horizon'' {{hndis, Bishop, William